Cleveland mayor to decide on fumigation stunt Friday

APJorge Posada plays Sprayer of the Bugs during a game last week in Cleveland.

You can file this under "publicity stunt," but since it's a funny publicity stunt, we'll roll with it: A Boston radio DJ has offered to personally finance the fumigation of Jacobs Field before Game 3 of the American League Championship Series next week.

That would be Greg Hill of Boston rock station WAAF, which I adored before moving to Maryland, for the record. Audio of Hill's plea can be found here, but since the fine folks at 107.3-FM have decided to forward a press release on it, here are the details:

Concerned about the way the Jacobs Field bug infestation could affect the outcome of Game 3 of the ALCS in Cleveland, WAAF morning show host Greg Hill has personally offered to fumigate the home of the Cleveland Indians as a goodwill gesture prior to the ALCS.

In an on-air phone call made to Cleveland Mayor Frank G. Jackson's office, Hill proposed to the fumigate ballpark aside Lake Erie prior to Monday's Game 3 of the ALCS, all on his own dime.

"WAAF will not allow our team fall victim to these incorrigible insects," Hill said. "This is going to be a great series between two of the best teams in baseball. We don't want millions of disgusting Cleveland bugs to play a part in the Sox road to the World Series."

Hill spoke with numerous representatives from the mayor's office on the airwaves to entice the city of Cleveland to have Jacobs Field filled with gaseous pesticides to fatally poison those infuriating stupid little midge bugs. The mayor's office did put forth a response to Red Sox fans that plan to make the trip to Cleveland for Game 3.

"I don't think the fumigation is necessary," Michelle Watts, Assist. to Chief of Communications for Mayor Jackson, said. "We are very hospitable here (in Cleveland) and we just want to make sure when you lose that you feel as though we took care of you."

I'll give Miss Michelle Watts some credit: That's a good, feisty answer. With that said, do Cleveland's fans reeeeally want to sit through another biblical plague? I doubt it. And now, the dramatic part:

After taking the night to sleep on this hard-hitting decision, Mayor Jackson will call in to the Hill-Man Morning Show on WAAF Friday morning to discuss the fumigation efforts in Cleveland. In addition, WAAF plans to follow up with the Indians front office and ownership, decision makers in Cleveland and pretty much anyone else who will listen.